CANYON, Texas (December 3, 2014) – Lubbock Christian came out on the losing end of a low-scoring affair between the Chaps and West Texas A&M, dropping a 68-57 decision to the Buffs Wednesday night at the First United Bank Center, in which AJ Luckey was the bulk of LCU's offense, scoring 23 points.
 
While each squad netted 21 field goals throughout the contest, the Buffs (4-4) fired up 31 from beyond the three-point line, converting seven. In the first half alone, WT attempted 21 of their 29 shots from deep. The Chaps (2-3) did not fare much better, hitting only four of their 15 long attempts. The teams also did not perform well from the free-throw, with LCU going 12-of-20 and the Buffs hitting 18-of-28.
 
With LCU trailing by their biggest deficit of the night at 10, Marcos Schuster drained a three from the top of the key to slice the Buff lead to 55-48 with 6:36 remaining. A baseline drive by Luckey resulted in a reverse layup to pull the Chaps to within 61-58 and 3:02 left to play before WT's Miles Gatewood connected on a pull-up jumper to bring extend the lead to five. Schuster fired off a shot from beyond the arc, but it circled the rim before falling out and into the possession of the Buffs. West Texas was unable to convert on the other end, giving LCU another opportunity, but the ball careened off of Marcus Arrington's foot, resulting in a forced Luckey foul and two successful WT free throws. The Chaps were unable to get another decent scoring opportunity throughout their final possessions.
 
A back-and-forth battle throughout the first twenty minutes, LCU came out of the half with Isaac Cardona chasing down an offense rebound and being rewarded with a layup to slice WT's lead to 29-28, but would be unable to attain the lead within the final stanza. The Buffs steadily increased their lead, going up by seven on a Tez Dumars three-pointer with 13:57 on the clock.
 
Cardona pulled in a career-high 10 boards along with eight points, while Ridrell Holman also added eight.
 
For WT, Dumars scored 19 points, and Gatewood had 18.
 
The Chaps have a bit of a break before returning to action, hosting Ecclesia on December 16 at 6 p.m.